Posted 12/28/2023, 11:35:56 AM
Report on China's Income Inequality Censored Amid Sensitivities Over Xi's Poverty Eradication Claims
- Nearly 1 billion people in China live on less than $300 a month, revealing ongoing income inequality
- A hashtag about this data became the #1 trending topic on Weibo before being censored
- The censorship shows how sensitive China is about economic issues tied to Xi Jinping's leadership
- In 2020, China declared it had lifted 99 million people out of extreme poverty, defined as living on $365 per year
- The article revealing the data on income inequality was also censored amid the broader suppression effort